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Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

The Deception Spiral: How Lies Compound the Damage of Infidelity

Looking beyond surface behaviors and exploring the ‘why’ behind actions

Aug 15

The Deception Spiral: How Lies Compound the Damage of Infidelity

Aug 15

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Let’s Talk About Improvisational Sex

Improvisational sex can be the best sex you have ever had!

Mar 10

Let’s Talk About Improvisational Sex

Mar 10

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Raw Reflections From The Ruinous Jaws of Loneliness: My Ruffled Road to Audacious Hope

Turn on the news, scroll social media, or just walk down any street in our communities, and perhaps one feeling permeates: despair.

Jan 24

Raw Reflections From The Ruinous Jaws of Loneliness: My Ruffled Road to Audacious Hope

Jan 24

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Are Systemic Breakdowns Straining Our Relationships?

Folks, we are living in a polarized era sautéed with suspicion. You and I not only know this, we feel it — everyday. It can be difficult…

Jan 21

Are Systemic Breakdowns Straining Our Relationships?

Jan 21

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

A Prodigious Shift from Infidelity-Induced Infernos to Intimacy & Connection: Beyond the…

Nothing elicits inflamed rage than the moment betrayal gets exposed — when implicit long-held trust stands abruptly shattered.

Dec 9, 2023

A Prodigious Shift from Infidelity-Induced Infernos to Intimacy & Connection: Beyond the…

Dec 9, 2023

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

My “Self-Love” Cannot Combat the Systemic Devaluation of My Dignity: Unpacking the Limitations of…

Self-love is not enough.

Dec 3, 2023

My “Self-Love” Cannot Combat the Systemic Devaluation of My Dignity: Unpacking the Limitations of…

Dec 3, 2023

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

The Arduous Road from Wreckage to Reconciliation: Healing Emotional Scars After Infidelity

Affairs today manifest in more insidious forms than tête-à-têtes with cryptic strangers. In our digital age, the temptation to emotionally…

Nov 28, 2023

The Arduous Road from Wreckage to Reconciliation: Healing Emotional Scars After Infidelity

Nov 28, 2023

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Healing the Hurt Hidden Underneath Relationship Conflict: Managing Attachment Needs Effectively in…

It’s been my clinical experience that a majority of emotionally unraveled, destabilized couples present to treatment constrained by…

Nov 25, 2023

Healing the Hurt Hidden Underneath Relationship Conflict: Managing Attachment Needs Effectively in…

Nov 25, 2023

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

When She Cheats: Why Some Women are Unfaithful and Why it’s Never Okay

Women cheat.

Nov 19, 2023

When She Cheats: Why Some Women are Unfaithful and Why it’s Never Okay

Nov 19, 2023

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Decolonizing Therapy Spaces: The Call for Abolitionist Clinicians

Amid vitriolic societal divides, we’ve lost sight of what matters most in our work — loving clients.

Nov 14, 2023

Decolonizing Therapy Spaces: The Call for Abolitionist Clinicians

Nov 14, 2023

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

Paula M. Smith Ph.D.

I am a devoted couple and marital therapist, scholar & writer. I write about relationships. I'm unapologetically married and happy.

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